All alone she was living1
In a world without an end or beginning
Babygirl was living life for the feeling
But I don’t mind, I don’t mind
And all the wrongs she committed
She was numb and she was so co-dependent
She was young and all she had was the city
But I don’t mind, I don’t mind

And I know that she’s capable of anything, it’s riveting
But when you wake up she’s always gone, gone, gone

In the night she hears them calling
In the night she’s dancing to relieve the pain
She’ll never walk away (I don’t think you understand)
In the night when she comes crawling
Dollar bills and tears keep falling down her face
She’ll never walk away (I don’t think you understand)

He sang a song when he did it
He was cold and he was so unforgiving
Now she dances to the song on the minute
Yeah, all the time, all the time
It made her weak when she hear it
And it got her on her knees like religion
She was young and she was forced to be a woman
Yeah, all the time, all the time

And I know that she’s capable of anything, it’s riveting
But when you wake up she’s always gone, gone, gone

In the night she hears them calling
In the night she’s dancing to relieve the pain
She’ll never walk away (I don’t think you understand)
In the night when she comes crawling
Dollar bills and tears keep falling down her face
She’ll never walk away (I don’t think you understand)

I don’t think you understand…

In the night she hears them calling
In the night she’s dancing to relieve the pain
She’ll never walk away (I don’t think you understand)
In the night when she comes crawling
Dollar bills and tears keep falling down her face
She’ll never walk away (I don’t think you understand)

Anonymous

The beginning describe a woman that has become ho for a pimp ie “world with no beginning or end” “co-dependant”.
The next part the narrator believes she is much better than that but she always goes back to that lifestyle.

The next part he is saying she will never leave her pimp and lifestyle.

Next verse describe how she was raped as a young girl which is how the pimp got into her mind to convince her to become his ho. The pimp helps her deal with the shame

Vass

I think it’s about an abandoned/orphan girl. She had not any person who helps her to grown. Because of that She made a lot of mistakes and She was sexually abused maybe when she was teenager by someone who was supposed to help her in someway. Then she became a night worker (stripper or hooker) Maybe she does that because can’t escape of her past (the night, dancing, dollar bills, and at the end tears).
The story is told by someone who felt in love of her. He admire her a lot and believes She could live another life, doing the right things, but in someway She wants to stay there, in that lifestyle, because is the way she learned to live.

Explained Lyrics

The Weeknd describes a person nursing a heart break from a past relationship in this song “In The Night.” In the song, a young person, probably a girl, whose future was ruined by a former lover who took advantage of her and later broke her heart leaving her a mess, is described. This girl accordingly has resorted to a night life to keep her busy and relieve herself of stress. This person feels her condition may be irreparable but someone comes in to console her and save her from depression.